Named after Jean Wyart (16 October 1902, Avion, Pas-de-Calais, France - 13 March 1992, Paris, France), Professor of Mineralogy, Sorbonne, Paris, France. He was an early researcher in the study of X-ray crystallography and was the first person to convert obsidian to granite under high pressure and temperature, demonstrating the importance of water in eruptive rocks. He also served as president of the International Union of Crystallography. [Obituary: http://journals.iucr.org/a/issues/1992/04/00/es0175/es0175.pdf]

Wyartite is unique in being the first recognized mineral with pentavalent uranium, beside containing typical hexavalent one in the form of uranyl groups. The other two minerals sharing this feature are richetite and shinkolobweite.

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